We have had a very busy month of guiding with MLK weekend in the mix. We had excellent ice conditions throughout the Essex and Franklin counties with many lakes having over 12 inches of black ice with little to no snow cover. Fishing has been active for perch, Lake Trout and the pike fishing has been awesome. We had a big snowstorm hit the region the other day dumping up to 10 inches of snow. Our guides were out prior to the storm and each had a wicked day chasing flags non stop for hours. Over 20 pike landed in two hours. Super fun to say the least. The snow has made lake travel interesting as some ponds have a layer of slush between the ice and snow creating a messy and wet experience. Other ponds no problem, although the wind had definitely made dragging a loaded sled through the wind drifts and crust a lot of work. Tough day yesterday with huge temperature swings and insane wind. Pike were active catching many pike on the camera, but only getting one to bite in a few hours. Very docile temperament. One of our guides was on Schroon Lake this week and had great luck catching lakers on shiners in 50′ of water about 5′ off the lake floor. Had many chasers but no takers on the jig but landed 7 on the tip ups. Ice fishing is the best……
